(written after the Delhi gang-rape braveheart finally succumbed to her injuries on 29th Dec 2012)
Dear Mr Prime Minister,
I wish I could time this open letter to you better; but then shouldn't the timing coincide with the dark shameful truth that we could not save another of our women in the country we call independent and our own?
How I wish the lady who was brutally and beastly raped in a moving bus next to the power corridors of India was your own daughter! How I wish your daughter's chastity was compromised with every time an Indian woman's body and soul was molested and as many times these incidents happened in the country you democratically lead! Yes I'm really really really angry. And trust me Mr Prime Minister, that's as effective as you've been in office, and you must know this especially when you're planning to host the next season of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. Sadly, just look at your red face each time I and my fellow countrymen talk about your report card. You don't even just pass; you fail miserably, sir.
Every time you've addressed the nation - although instances like this have been way too rare - you've failed to assure your people of any seriousness or sincerity that your team has in doing even one thing that should positively interest them. How often and how many more times would you be a mere spectator of heinous crimes on our roads and public transports, issue a statement, set up an inquiry committee and hope that we forget about that? I understand India isn't a monarchy and you can't change things on your own; but aren't YOU the administrative custodian of our constitution as the head of the government that runs the country and makes policies to influence the future of the nation? When will we see ACTIONS and not just hollow promises that fall apart every day? Honestly, how long does it take to amend or implement certain laws that for long have been believed to need amendment or implementation? As an educated youth of India, I acknowledge that change doesn't happen overnight, but I also realise if you don't make an immediate attempt to start changing things that need to be changed, the world we live in will only get worse by the day! Is that what we're destined to be led into just because we've been foolish to vote you guys to power? I'm not sure if this letter will ever reach you, but I'm hopeful through strong voices you'll know what the country thinks and expects of you. You should also understand why you're paid for a job you've never been good at!
I end my letter hoping that better sense will prevail and you'll understand you have no business going to work if you know you can't produce expected results. At least show us for one you have the courage to resign!
Sincerely,
An Indian
Dear Mr Prime Minister,
I wish I could time this open letter to you better; but then shouldn't the timing coincide with the dark shameful truth that we could not save another of our women in the country we call independent and our own?
How I wish the lady who was brutally and beastly raped in a moving bus next to the power corridors of India was your own daughter! How I wish your daughter's chastity was compromised with every time an Indian woman's body and soul was molested and as many times these incidents happened in the country you democratically lead! Yes I'm really really really angry. And trust me Mr Prime Minister, that's as effective as you've been in office, and you must know this especially when you're planning to host the next season of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. Sadly, just look at your red face each time I and my fellow countrymen talk about your report card. You don't even just pass; you fail miserably, sir.
Every time you've addressed the nation - although instances like this have been way too rare - you've failed to assure your people of any seriousness or sincerity that your team has in doing even one thing that should positively interest them. How often and how many more times would you be a mere spectator of heinous crimes on our roads and public transports, issue a statement, set up an inquiry committee and hope that we forget about that? I understand India isn't a monarchy and you can't change things on your own; but aren't YOU the administrative custodian of our constitution as the head of the government that runs the country and makes policies to influence the future of the nation? When will we see ACTIONS and not just hollow promises that fall apart every day? Honestly, how long does it take to amend or implement certain laws that for long have been believed to need amendment or implementation? As an educated youth of India, I acknowledge that change doesn't happen overnight, but I also realise if you don't make an immediate attempt to start changing things that need to be changed, the world we live in will only get worse by the day! Is that what we're destined to be led into just because we've been foolish to vote you guys to power? I'm not sure if this letter will ever reach you, but I'm hopeful through strong voices you'll know what the country thinks and expects of you. You should also understand why you're paid for a job you've never been good at!
I end my letter hoping that better sense will prevail and you'll understand you have no business going to work if you know you can't produce expected results. At least show us for one you have the courage to resign!
Sincerely,
An Indian
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